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Section 24A: Limitation period

The Consumer Protection Act, 1986State Act of Uttarakhand · Act 68 of 1986

(l) The District Forum, the State Commission or the National Commission shall not admit a complaint unless it is filed within two years from the date on which the cause of action has arisen.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), a complaint may be entertained after the period specified in sub-section (l), if the complainant satisfies the District Forum, the State Commission or the National Commission, as the case may be, that he had sufficient cause for not filing the complaint within such period:

Provided that no such complaint shall be entertained unless the National Commission, the State Commission or the District Forum, as the case may be, records its reasons for condoning such delay.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Consumer Protection Act, 1986
Section24A
Marginal noteLimitation period
JurisdictionState of Uttarakhand
StatusIn force as published by the source
Judgments citing it6

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